&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Mardyke_Sports_Ground,_University_College_Cork.jpg) Panorama (fisheye) of the UCC sports grounds at the Mardyke | |
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| Former names | College Athletic Grounds |
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| Location | Mardyke Cork Ireland |
| Coordinates | 51°53′42″N 8°30′03″W / 51.8951°N 8.5008°W |
| Owner | University College Cork |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1904 |
| Renovated | 2001, 2009 |
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The Mardyke, also referred as the Mardyke Sports Ground, is the main[n 1] sports campus of University College Cork (UCC), located at the western end of the Mardyke area near Cork city centre. The grounds and fitness facilities used by sports team representing, the general student body, and members of the public. Outdoors, there are floodlit grass and all-weather pitches, used for soccer, rugby union, Gaelic games, and hockey.[1] Kayakers train in the adjacent North channel of the River Lee.[1] There is a tartan track for athletics, where the Cork City Sports are held annually. The most notable performance came in the hammer throw on 3 July 1984, when the world record was broken six times in one evening by Yuriy Sedykh and Sergey Litvinov.[2]
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- ^ a b Sports Facilities in UCC
- ^ O'Brien, John (6 July 2008). "Cold War kings a world apart in record-breaking trip". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2010.